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Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture. Bring to a boil and stir until the salt and sugar are dissolved.
Place the peppercorns pepper flakes garlic dill seed and fresh dill into a 1 gallon crock.
Best homemade dill pickles. Crunchy dill and onion chips use 12 cups sliced cucumbers and 2 cups thinly sliced onions. In a large bowl gently toss the cucumbers onions and pickling salt. Transfer to colander set in extra large bowl layering with ice and finishing with a layer of ice.
Place the peppercorns pepper flakes garlic dill seed and fresh dill into a 1 gallon crock. Add the cucumbers to the crock on top of the aromatics. Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers in.
Place some dill flowers in the bottom of a jar or crock large enough to hold the cucumbers spices and some brine. Place a few of the cucumbers on top of the dill weed. Alternate layers of dill flowers and cucumbers ending with a layer of dill.
Pour pickling brine into the crock. Gently tap or shake the crock to eliminate any air bubbles. In a stockpot bring water vinegar and salt to a boil.
Pack cucumbers into nine hot quart jars within 1 2 in. Place one dill head two garlic cloves and two peppers in each jar. Carefully ladle hot mixture into jars leaving 1 2 in.
Homemade whole dill pickles to make the brine combine the vinegar and water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Pour the brine over the pickles leaving 1 2 inch of headroom. Easy homemade dill pickle recipe.
Prepare 8 quart sized mason jars lids and canner for processing. Start your water bath now so it is ready when it is time to process the jars. Add two whole garlic cloves a sprig or two of fresh dill 1 tsp peppercorns to the bottom of the mason jars along with 1 4 tsp of pickle crisp.
Since these are refrigerator pickles a canning jar is not necessary. Tuck several sprigs of dill in between the cucumbers. In a non reactive saucepan see note combine the vinegar water garlic cloves salt sugar mustard seeds and peppercorns.
Bring to a boil and stir until the salt and sugar are dissolved. Stir water vinegar sugar and sea salt together in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and cool completely. Combine cucumber spears garlic cloves and fresh dill in a large glass or plastic container. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture.